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WM. B. DUNBAR, oFwATERBURr, CONNECTICUT, AssIGNoR To rrr SELF, 151x115` H. I

\ SEYMOUR, or PLYMOUTH, CONNECTICu i y LADLE AND FORK. i

Specification of Letters Patent No. 26,393, dated Decemberi6l1859. i

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM B. DUNBAR, of IVaterbury, in the county of New Haven and State of C0nnecticut,have invented a Combined Vegetable-Ladle and Fork; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exa-ct description thereof, reference being i had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichi `Figure l, represents a perspective view of my invention showing clearly the operation of the same. Fig. 2, is a top or plan View showing its particular construction.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

The object of this invention and improve- `ment is to facilitate the removal of vegetables such as potatoes, turnips, beets, &c., from the boiler, or pot, after they have gone through the process of boiling and are to be `immediately removed therefrom while the water is in a boiling state.

My invention is a novel combination vof ladle and. fork and consists in hinging to the rear part of a ladle, made of suitable wire which is formed into a handle of any required length and secured in the end of a wooden holder, a fork having curved tines; and operating said fork so as to grasp the vegetables while in the boiler with the boiling water by a rod connected to the head of the fork, which is crank shaped, and passing through tubes which serve to keep the connecting rod in its place, said connecting rod terminating in a ring, into which the forefnger of the right hand is-passed for operating the fork so as to graspand retain the vegetable inthe ladle duringthe removal of the same fromthe boiler as hereinafter de scribed and represented.

In order to fully appreciate the utility of my invention it is only necessary to attempt the removal of vegetables from a pot of boiling water with a fork, or the ordinary ladle, as is the common practice in the kitchen. It is found to be a. Very diiicult operation, besides disagreeable and oftentimes painful, as for instance, potatoes which become soft and mealy in boiling, by using the fork most likely are broken up and rendered useless, or are otherwise injured, by puncturing their skin and admitting the hot water `handle C, the ends of the wire `are then se-` to the edible `portion Inl order to r these objections I hav invented ani ment, vcombining. the fork and ladle,bu using the fork only to grasp thepotatoand retain it in the ladle whileremoving it` fr the boiler. For this purpose the instrume is formed by bending asuitablewire intoA shape, forming ayladle Afand `tongueBp` and eyes a, a', the wire isthen continued out from the ladle a `suitable length forming a cured in the end of a `umoflen `holder DLI `:The fork is also made of one piece oflwire` formed into two curved tinesI*1,`E,` with1 it head passing through the edgesa, 1,011 the ladle and bent so as` tolforma crank or lever b, as clearly represented bylthe "drawings y Fig; 2. To Ithis crank` is attached a con necting rod F, which passes throughtube c, c, and between the handle C,of the fladll and terminates in a ringfurfwhich` is suili ciently near the "woodenholder D, `to be` easily operated by the` fore linger fof the hand, while the instrument is` 1 held inf the same hand; the movenientfofthe finger thus l opens the forkbefore the instrumentdis placed in the boiler, `and when the potato as the case may be, is in the ladle the linge is drawn forward `which brings the `fork` down upon the potato` and securely grasps it, when it may beheld andremoved from` the boiler and placed in a suitable receptacle, y the operation being.performed` in: a read and eiiicient manners` 3.

The instrument canf bemanufactured n sold for a comparative trifiefan'd will found very useful in` the kitchen forf purpose above described. \`It"`1`nayalso y made and finished"fortableuse as `an instru y ment for helping macaronivand all ,kinds of edibles. j

Having thus described my invention i I claim and desire tosecure by Let-tei` ent, is, u l

The combined ladle andfork, consti ucted in the manner` described and representedfo the purposes set forthqas a `newarticle manufacture. v i 1 p y y l WM; BDNBAi; Witnesses: i fi i "i Gro. L.`,TowNSIiND.j f

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